Spanish Colonization Early Spanish expeditions Ferdinand Magellan arrived in the Philippines in 1521. The Philippine islands first came to the attention of Europeans with the Spanish expedition around the world led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1521. Magellan landed on the island of Cebu‚ claiming the lands for Spain and naming them Islas de San Lazaro. He set up friendly relations with some of the local chieftains and converted some of them to Roman Catholicism. However‚ Magellan
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British and Spanish Colonization Efforts in North America Prior to 1763 Starting in the late 1400s‚ and continuing for hundreds of years‚ Spanish and British colonization efforts have‚ in many ways‚ shaped North America. Because they had different goals‚ the Spanish and British went about their pursuit of the Americas in very different ways‚ and did not do many things similarly. When the Spanish came to America‚ they were mainly in search of silver‚ and gold‚ but they also wanted to spread their
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America to me is Hope. Hope is what get us out of bed in the morning. We may have hard days but hope gets us through the day. Hope‚ is what pushes the caterpillar out of the cocoon to create something more beautiful. ‘’Hope is a horizon we head for leaving nothing but fear‚ And though we may never reach our goals it is hope that is going to save us from who we once were.’’ America to me is Perseverance. Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th. No matter what happens to our country
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Which amendment do I believe is most important? There comes a moment in your life when you decide to grow up. For me that took place heading into my freshmen year of college. I was 916 miles away from home‚ in a little town in Nebraska called Crete. Crete had a total population of 10‚000 residents and compared to San Antonio where I was from the way of living and attitude was different there. I didn’t forget what my parents taught me however I did develop a different way of thinking and had so much
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The Most Important Decision of My Life. During the course of our lifetimes we make many significant and difficult choices that affect us. These choices affect our personal and professional lives. Therefore‚ we make these choices with much thought and care. One of the most difficult and important decisions I have made was deciding whether to keep studying Engineer or definitely change to English Teaching‚ a career that always caught my attention. The question was brought up by my dad‚ he knew that
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THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN MY LIFE Assalamualaikum and a very good morning to my English teacher Puan Siti Aishah. Today I would like to talk about the most important person in my life. Nowadays‚ many adolescents don’t have good relationship with their mothers‚ because they think their mother don’t really understand them‚ but to me my mother is the most important person in my life. I always believe that she was the most unique and incredible woman in the world‚ because she had her special
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or act reasonably? There are many stories that have a theme of fear‚ because fear is important in our lives. It tells you when you are in danger. Fear is a survival tool all humans are born with. In The Most Dangerous Game‚ Rainsford learns that fear originates from the desire to continue living‚ he has fear most when running from Zaroff‚ and deals with it by forcing himself to calm down‚ proving his will power. Rainsford experiences the most fear he ever has in his life‚ even though he lives a risky
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had helped some‚ but had limited success on others. In time‚ the leaders of Animal Farm started to have mixed feelings. Snowball and Napoleon were in constant disagreement. An important meeting that was held ended with an astonishing outcome. One decision that was made was concerning the windmill project and the most important decision made was who would be the head animal. But‚ Napoleon sent his dogs after Snowball and they killed him. Since Snowball had died‚ Napoleon took over "The Animal Farm"
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I believe that the most important event in recent U.S. history is the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon. The events of September 11 jettisoned the United States into a war it cannot win with the brute force tactics the current administration is using to stop terrorism. The events have led to conflicts in Afghanistan and in Iraq and there will most likely be more conflicts in the future. Gas prices have gone up due to conflict sparked by the actions of our government creating
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Spanish empires strived to expand their empires in the Americas. They also both have comparable and contrasting political‚ economic‚ and social systems. Overall‚ each empire had different results from their colonial rule. The British and Spanish started their colonies at different time periods and had different political goals in mind. Britain’s thirteen colonies lasted from 1607-1783 before independence. British colonists traveled to the Americas and found land and wildlife they could take advantage
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